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join:2000-05-25 West Richland, WA | hand made... riiiiiiiiight ... thats the biggest crock of $hit i have ever heard... but can't expect much else from this company. | |
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 techoncall$
join:2001-09-18 Charter-WI
| Re: hand made... Think about this. If you lose a movie from a video store you have to pay the 89.95 suggested retail cost.
If you lose a book from the library you have to pay the suggested retail cost.
You could go to a discount store and buy these items cheaper. This is how companies ensure that they will get their return on their investment if a customer loses or breaks it.
Just my 2 Cents--Flame Away  -- The views expressed may not directly reflect those of my employer, Charter Communications | |
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 |   cybermud
join:2000-08-25 Chicago, IL
| Re: hand made... I agree with you wholeheartedly, but often times, AT&T specifies that it is their responsibility to pick up the modem. If they never do, then are you liable?
I also understand that most people aren't home during the day when tech's are out installing new modems and collecting old ones, so this is kind of a grey area.... | |
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 |   too lazy to register
@direcpc.com | may or may not be handmade
but just like you said, you must pay the original price of a missing movie from a movie store
because they have a special license
im sure these modems have some sort of fcc license | |
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join:2001-12-06 Palo Alto, CA | Re: hand made... Actually, these Shark Fin modems are discontinued units from 3Com that you could by in the store for $150 to $199 dollars, so no, at&t has no grounds for charging $650 for it. | |
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join:2001-06-17 Plymouth, MA | Re: hand made... AT&T can charge whatever they want.... Because they can! | |
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 |  orgaz
join:2002-02-03 Edmonton, AB
| they also charge 49.95 for a network card that may or may not be brand-new out-of-the-box. Their justification is that they're also delivering this nic to your door, even though a tech is coming out anyways to install your service(which they're charging 49.95 for anyways; assuming its not a promo). | |
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 guru700
join:2001-04-08 Matawan, NJ
| I guess it might be a good price. It may be a rare shark fin and you can get a lot of money for the soup. 
[text was edited by author 2002-03-09 22:48:21] | |
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